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I’ve repainted the monitor black to match the rest of the unit, and redid the marquee with a second copy of the logo and a small strip of black electrical tape (to give an even contrast).

I’ve also added the servo motors to the sides with shapes cut from black acrylic that will rotate during play. I also have holes for ones in the front, though they will be unused because I don’t want players to get confused (by thinking they have to rotate them as well as the dials).

Lastly, my vinyl art stickers also showed up, and I’ve started adding them to the sides too!

This is after installing the monitor into the final coat of paint and placing a printed sheet of paper with the logo behind a thin sheet of clear acrylic (also laser cut). The LED strips have been installed behind to give the glow.

After being advised to be careful with wood glue (in case I would ever like to disassemble or reassemble the shape arcade) I’ve covered the slotted wood connections with masking tape and added velcro strips to the outer panels. The unit is extremely stable, even in this configuration.

I managed to get the Bluetooth module working, and improved the issue where the shape would jump around the screen by sending a check byte to the program set to 255. By then making sure that neither potentiometer sent 255, I could use that first number to make sure that the game was reading a “complete” message.

Upon further testing with my classmates, the overwhelming feedback was to make this more of an arcade experience than a controller experience.

So I’ll be tabling the Bluetooth function in favor of building a small arcade cabinet that has reactive elements (like colored lights that match the player, and maybe some servos moving shapes on the exterior).

The black light was broken during room setup, so we may need to scrap that idea. Today I dressed the tree with some fake leaves and fungus (which is made from spray painted polystyrene balls) and will add some additional flourish before the show if there is time.

A quick update on what we managed to accomplish today. We weren’t planning on doing any work, but Nicky offered to help show us how to set up the projectors when I went to ask for keys this weekend and I didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to get started so we’re less rushed next week.

What we now have is:

– Black curtains that meet in the middle, and that can be easily moved. The room is sectioned off in the way we discussed in class.

– A white curtain velcroed to the rig that we can project a scene of a forest onto for the exhibition using a PC that has been checked out to us.

– three projectors for the forest scene

-one projector for Alex

– we have also hung 6 spotlights (that are not currently connected to power)

All of this can be rearranged as needed, and we will need a forest scene to project (can be the same across three displays), and some environmental audio.